"Jack" John NALGO
Born C.1854 or C.1858 [10: 24-Jan-1919] [15]
Son of Aboriginal couple WINPONOGO and IRANGA, with one of his parents later being referred to as Elanga NALGO [15] [519: page 95]
He arrived in New Norcia in 1878 and admitted himself to the Benedictine Mission there on 5 December 1878 [519]
Represented the New Norcia Mission Cricket Club in three matches held in Perth during February 1886 [120: 13-Feb-1886]
Baptised at the Benedictine Mission in New Norcia on 22 January 1888 [519]
Married "Eliza" Dolores WAPERAN in New Norcia on 12 February 1888 [15] [519]
He, his wife and their children were recorded as living at a house at the mission in New Norcia in 1894, 1898 and 1899 [519]
Member of the New Norcia Mission Cricket Club in 1906 [120: 10-Feb-1906]
He was a member of a cricket team of Aboriginal men from New Norcia who visited Perth to complete in 1906 [81: 18-Mar-1906]
Played in a team of Aboriginal men who competed against the Moora Cricket Club over two days in May 1909 [9: 7-May-1909]
Member of the Berkshire Valley Cricket Club in 1911 [9: 31-Mar-1911]
He later resided in Carnamah [86: 11-Apr-1912]
Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club 1912-1915 [9: 2-Feb-1912, 26-Jun-1914, 23-Oct-1914, 26-Nov-1915, 10-Dec-1915]
Played in the winning Carnamah Natives team who competed against a team of Geraldton cricketers in Geraldton on 9 April 1912 [86]
It is likely that during his time in Carnamah he was working for local pastoralist and farmer Donald MACPHERSON [P1]
He was cautioned and fined two shillings at the Police Court in Moora on 9 January 1919 for having a firearm [9: 17-Jan-1919]
Father of Marina, Dominic, Alexius, Roman, Lucy, John, Daniel, John, Benedict, Joseph and Thomas [15]
Died 19 January 1919; buried at Moora Public Cemetery in Moora, Western Australia [116]
From The Moora Herald and Midland Districts Advocate newspaper, Friday 24 January 1919:
Death of a well-known Native
"The death occurred on Sunday last of John Nalgo, a full-blooded aborigine, in his 61st year. Nalgo was a well-known identity around these parts and all his employers spoke highly of him. The remains were interred at Moora on Monday, Mr. E. R. Campbell, undertaker, directing the arrangements and Father Williams officiating at the graveside."
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'John Nalgo' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 2 July 2025 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/john-nalgo [reference list] |
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